Hosting Notes

How much should you expect to pay each month?

GoDaddy Hosting
I do not recommend GoDaddy hosting for any business owner serious about running an e-commerce site. In my opinion, their servers are overcrowded, configured poorly, and there is no RELIABLE way to get a database backup. cPanel is NOT an option with most of their plans. The customer service staff knows little, if anything, about Zen Cart, but they are skilled at up-selling (more money for same poor performance and/or plans that don't fit your needs). I add aGoDaddy surchargefor any work I perform on sites hosted by them.

Yahoo Hosting
Your total cost per month will include your plan's monthly fee and transaction fees based on your total monthly sales. Here are a few examples:

Monthly Sales

Starter Plan

Standard Plan

Professional Plan

$0.00

$39.95

$129.95

$299.95

$100.00

$41.15

$130.95

$300.45

$1000.00

$54.95

$139.95

$307.45

$5000.00

$114.95

$171.95

$337.45

$10,000.00

$189.95

$229.95

$374.95

$50,000.00

$789.95

$629.95

$674.95

$100,000.00

$1,539.95

$1,129.95

$1,049.95

1&1 Hosting

Starter eShop

Professional eShop

Advanced eShop

$11.99

$29.99

$49.99

from the Zen Cart Forum.... error: (7) couldn't connect to host ----cannot connect to paypal
This problem isn't intermittent at all. It stopped working this morning and hasn't worked since. This has never happened before. I called 1and1 this morning and they said they were going to work on it and get back to me. After several hours I didn't hear from them so I called back and I'm on the phone with them now. I've lost 26 possible orders now and still counting.